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Abstract

The present invention allows a user to audibly and interactively browse through a network of audio information, forming a seamless integration of the world wide web and the entire telephone network browsable from any telephone set. Preferably a browser controller allows the user to receive audio information and to transmit verbal instructions. The browser controller links the user to voice pages, which can be any telephone station or world wide web page, in response to voice commands. Upon linking, certain information is played with an audio indicia which identifies a linking capability. If the user repeats the information set off by the audio indicia, the telephone number or URL of the selected link is transmitted to the browser controller. The browser controller establishes a new link with the identified telephone number or URL, and if successful, disconnects the previous link. The originator no longer needs to know of the existence of the receiver nor the telephone number or URL of the receiver because this invention provides a method to browse the entire telephone network and world wide web and to connect to a receiver by saying the name of the hyperlink. This brings the power of the world wide web to the telephone network. In effect, this invention takes the PSTN from its current state as a set of more than 800 million nodes including means to make pairwise connections and converts it to a highly interconnected browsable web, as well as integrating it with the entire world wide web.

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First Claim